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Community benefits are in the news again. Both The Highland Council and Scottish Borders Council are discussing proposals to set up central funds for wind farm developers’ contributions. It’s a thorny issue. Wind farm antis see it as clouding the issue, and tantamount to bribery. Developers tend to accept the role of community benefit payments, but voice… Read more »

In regards to sustainable development being a material consideration, there is now a growing number of people and families who wish to adopt a low impact lifestyle and also many who are already living such lifestyles some undiscovered, some under the blind eye and some doing so that are coming up against the wrath of policy… Read more »

The advance copy of the 3rd edition of my book “Planning” arrived today. Unlike its author, it has a new racy appearance (although I did get my hair cut this week). With all the reforms to the planning system to address, it also has a lot of new content (unlike my stories). It is disappointing that those… Read more »

As many of you will know the Scottish Government has embarked on a review of Circular 42/1976 (Yip, that’s right, 1976). The aim is to provide up to date and focussed guidance which will endorse properly used CPO’s as important tools to assemble land needed for projects to deliver economic recovery, social change and efficient… Read more »